Jason Thomas in ‘How Australia became a sanctuary for the Islamist global insurgency’, muses on how Australia sent more than 30,000 troops to Afghanistan - 41 of whom were killed - but didn't realise that global Islamism was “bedding down right here in our own country”.

That sanctuary for radical Islam was provided by “all sides of our political leadership”, who believed that acquiescing to an evil totally unacceptable to most Australians would cure that evil.

Add to that dangerous notion:

. The re-admission of the ISIS brides
. Unpunished burning of the Australian flag
. Pro Hamas street demonstration and terrorist flag-waving, also unpunished
. Recognition of a non-existent Palestinian state
. Labelling as “Islamophobic” Australians championing Australian values
. Calls for a global intifada on Sydney Harbour Bridge. No punishment

Fools that we were, we believed that laws against hate-speech applied to all. But, no. Hate speech continued on the streets and in the mosques. The law was only meant for ‘some’ people.

Thomas believes that it is much easier for Islamists to create their warped Caliphate in the West than it is in the countries they came from: where they can be bombed.

It's much easier to flourish in the West, particularly where there are weak and cowardly governments - that's most Western countries these days.

In our own Australia, the “civilian nature” of the Bondi attack is mentally disorienting, and causes enormous disorder for the public and law enforcement. Civilian police in general are just not up to the job.

What we are now witnessing in Australia is jihad. There is no front line, and conventional law enforcement is no defence.

Islamist and Jihadist supporters are manipulating politicians, university staff and leaders across “civil society, businesses and the media”.

Jihad has been “mainstreamed” in our society, not only physically, but through the demonstrations and protests of Pro-Palestian, anti-Western mobs on our streets on a weekly basis.

We thought the fight was in the Middle East, but that failed effort brought it here